Entry #444: Homosexual activity in Laos

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RegionLaos
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusLegal
Start DateJan 9, 1990
End Datenow
DescriptionHomosexual activity has never been illegal in Laos. The penal code for the current political system was not drafted until the 1990 (37 years after the country gained independence).
Sourceshttps://laoofficialgazette.gov.la/kcfinder/upload/files/1Oct2020_Lao%20Penal%20Code_English%20version.pdf


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NoteLaos decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in 1990 when it abolished its former Penal Code (37 years after the country gained independence), which had categorized "unnatural" sexual acts as criminal offenses. Since then, Laos has not reinstated any laws criminalizing consensual adult same-sex relationships.Homosexual activity has never been illegal in Laos. The penal code for the current political system was not drafted until the 1990 (37 years after the country gained independence).
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Laos decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in 1990 when it abolished its former Penal Code (37 years after the country gained independence), which had categorized "unnatural" sexual acts as criminal offenses. Since then, Laos has not reinstated any laws criminalizing consensual adult same-sex relationships. Homosexual activity has never been illegal in Laos. The penal code for the current political system was not drafted until the 1990 (37 years after the country gained independence).
Sourceshttps://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vientianetimes.org.la%2FLaws%2520in%2520English%2F2.%2520Law%2520on%2520Penal%2520(2005)%2520Eng.pdf&ei=5qpMUrn5O6bwiwKstIDQCA&usg=AFQjCNGj1epOn-NTJzYAWp57ed2giuwMyA&sig2=cXGzJ3QmxeLVakvO3J-9vA&bvm=bv.53537100,d.cGEhttps://laoofficialgazette.gov.la/kcfinder/upload/files/1Oct2020_Lao%20Penal%20Code_English%20version.pdf
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https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CDEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vientianetimes.org.la%2FLaws%2520in%2520English%2F2.%2520Law%2520on%2520Penal%2520(2005)%2520Eng.pdf&ei=5qpMUrn5O6bwiwKstIDQCA&usg=AFQjCNGj1epOn-NTJzYAWp57ed2giuwMyA&sig2=cXGzJ3QmxeLVakvO3J-9vA&bvm=bv.53537100,d.cGE https://laoofficialgazette.gov.la/kcfinder/upload/files/1Oct2020_Lao%20Penal%20Code_English%20version.pdf

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NoteThe penal code for the current political system was not drafted until the 1990 (37 years after the country gained independence)Laos decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in 1990 when it abolished its former Penal Code (37 years after the country gained independence), which had categorized "unnatural" sexual acts as criminal offenses. Since then, Laos has not reinstated any laws criminalizing consensual adult same-sex relationships.
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The penal code for the current political system was not drafted until the 1990 (37 years after the country gained independence) Laos decriminalized same-sex sexual activity in 1990 when it abolished its former Penal Code (37 years after the country gained independence), which had categorized "unnatural" sexual acts as criminal offenses. Since then, Laos has not reinstated any laws criminalizing consensual adult same-sex relationships.

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